Garden's first explorers found the remnants of another civilization. This prior civilization - identified within the past ten years as belonging to the Salika, a non-human minor race - had abruptly ended around 1000.

Due to the cheap flow of weapons and a slow social breakdown through the centuries, Urnas (Deneb 0609) was declared an Amber Zone.

Malory (Deneb 2309) system's population consisted of downheeled belters harvesting and selling this material to SuSAG and other chemical companies.